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“like a veil to cover them”: women and the Pentecostal movement in La Paz
Author(s) -
GILL LESLEY
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1990.17.4.02a00060
Subject(s) - ideology , sociology , meaning (existential) , gender studies , cover (algebra) , class (philosophy) , inequality , masking (illustration) , sociology of religion , movement (music) , epistemology , social science , aesthetics , politics , law , political science , philosophy , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics , engineering , art , visual arts
This article explores the connections between class, gender, and evangelical Christian ideology in the formation of new social relationships, as well as in the masking of inequalities and the implicit affirmation of traditional relations of domination between men and women. It argues that women address gender‐ and class‐based problems by using religious ideology to recast the meaning of past events. Through their ties to other believers, they also promote values and practices that challenge aspects of the dominant society, even though they do not question the hierarchical aspects of Pentecostal ideology.